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Cal. Penal Code § 682
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Part 2: Of Criminal Procedure, California Penal Code.
Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 682
Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.
Every public offense must be prosecuted by indictment or information, except: 1. Where proceedings are had for the removal of civil officers of the state; 2. Offenses arising in the militia when in actual service, and in the land and naval forces in the time of war, or which the state may keep, with the consent of Congress, in time of peace; 3. Misdemeanors and infractions; 4. A felony to which the defendant has pleaded guilty to the complaint before a magistrate, where permitted by law.
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